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Friday, October 24, 2008

Jesus Loves this Guy by Local Celebrity [Review]

by Andy on October 24, 2008

in Mens, Reviews, T-shirts, Text/Typography, Womens

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This tee is a bit of an odd one for me to review, because I’m not a Christian or religious in any way whatsoever (I do follow Andyology though), but to be completely honest I don’t think that it really matters. Just think about how much religious terms have been diluted away from their original meanings, how often when you hear someone say the word God are they actually talking in a religious sense rather than just using a throwaway line. If you don’t get what I mean, check out Oh My Science, a clever Twitter mashup which replaces every instance of ‘God’ on Twitter with ‘Science’. I sat watching the messages scroll for about 5-10 minutes and not once did a message come up that was actually discussing something religious.

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As I do with all the vaguely religious tees I’ve received, I checked with my Christian friend whether it was ok for me to wear it, and she said yes (and informed me that “he does”, which is nice), so I guess I’m not blaspheming too much, although I can’t imagine many other non-religious people wearing a tee like this since if I wore it out in public people would make presumptions about my faith. People in the UK hold very different attitudes about religion to those of you in the US, its fine for people to have faith, but to wear clothes about it is pretty unusual. The design itself.is fairly classic Local Celebrity style, y’know, simple, slightly retro graphics with a font that wouldn’t be out of place in the 70s and 80s, and makes you look like you’re filled to the brim with bravado, when in reality you’re actually just having a little fun.

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Whilst the message of the design isn’t for me, the quality of the tee definitely is. Once again, Local Celebrity have produced a tee that you would struggle to better anywhere at any price range. I’m a bit like a broken record here, but it needs repeating again and again that these Local Celebrity tees really are top notch, and their printing style means that they actually do start to look more vintage after a few washes, rather than just looking washed out like a lot of tees might.

Costiness=$25 Buy it at Local Celebrity

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How many Emptees members does it take to make a t-shirt?

by Andy on October 24, 2008

in Mens, T-shirts, Womens

Answer: Usually, just the one, or maybe a couple if they’re feeling friendly. The above tee however is an altogether different beast, as it involves more than 50 zombified drawings by Emptees members (I’m not sure how many, but I know that there was quite a lot of members working on this). If you like zombies, I assume that you’re going to be all over this zombies on a fresh brain, and if not, well, you probably gave up reading this a few sentences ago.

The tee is described as the Emptees ‘Anniversary’ tee, so I guess it its their way of celebrating their firsty year of existence, and it is also the first tee that Emptees are actually selling themselves.

Costiness=$20 Buy it at Emptees

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Bar Trekkin’ by Ralph Webb for Go Ape Shirts

by Andy on October 24, 2008

in Mens, T-shirts, Womens, funny

I was going to go with a whole “he’s not worth it, he’s just not worth it, mate” joke to this post, which is a fairly familiar mantra to anyone else that has stumbled out of a club in England at 3am to be greeted by world-class a-holes trying to prove who is overcompensating the most (…aka, fighting), but then I realised that the phrase might not transfer very well to the majority of the audience since most of you are American. I wouldn’t want you think this tee wasn’t worth $18, because it quite blantantly is.

Other, ideas for this article were: suggesting it was illogical not to buy it, a Captain’s Log-style diary entry, shoehorning in a “we need more power” angle, writing the whole thing in Klingon, or pointing out that since it is a red shirt you’re the person most likely to die at the next Star Trek convention.

Costiness=$18 Buy it at Go Ape Shirts

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There’s Something About the Cupcake Mix at Johnny Cupcakes

by Andy on October 24, 2008

in Mens, T-shirts, Womens, funny

I’m still pretty amazed that people will camp out on the street to get limited edition Johnny Cupcakes stuff, even though these three tees are pretty awesome, I love t-shirts, but at the site of a queue I would have probably gone and got a donut and decided to sit it out in a cafe. I think the people at the LA store probably had the better deal, what’s the weather like in Boston at this time of year?

There are a few that were saved for online orders (and they might even be gone by now), but you can’t get them through the store, you need to e-mail your order (and possibly an offer of a bribe) to monster@johnnycupcakes.com.

Johnny Cupcakes [via Highsnobiety]

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